Often, after some time together, we tend to take our partner for granted. We no longer see the beauty that made us fall in love in the first place. This song makes me think of that. A man who sees his wife in a new light and realizes that he has forgotten how amazing and beautiful she is. He said he's never seen her look so amazing. That is because he's forgotten and is seeing her again as if for the first time. "I hardly know this beauty by my side" because they gave grown apart and are pretty much strangers at this point. All the things he's noticing are not new. He just wasn't paying attention before now. I think this is a beautiful song and while the true meaning may be something different, that is how I hear it.
Often, after some time together, we tend to take our partner for granted. We no longer see the beauty that made us fall in love in the first place. This song makes me think of that. A man who sees his wife in a new light and realizes that he has forgotten how amazing and beautiful she is. He said he's never seen her look so amazing. That is because he's forgotten and is seeing her again as if for the first time. "I hardly know this beauty by my side" because they gave grown apart and are pretty much strangers at this point. All the things he's noticing are not new. He just wasn't paying attention before now. I think this is a beautiful song and while the true meaning may be something different, that is how I hear it.